1815 in South Africa

The following lists events that happened during 1815 in South Africa.

Events

 * Shaka becomes king of the Zulus
 * Slagter's Nek Rebellion
 * 30 May - The Arniston, a British troop transport East Indiaman, is wrecked at Waenhuiskrans near Cape Agulhas while returning from the British campaigns in Ceylon

Births

 * 12 March - Cornelis Moll, founder of the first Natal newspaper De Natalier, is born as the 24th child in Cape Town

Deaths

 * 29 December - Saartjie Baartman, the "Hottentot Venus", dies in Paris.